Posted in Fun Rides, Riding on September 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I rode with a good friend of mine today; hadn’t done a ride with this buddy in a long time…
I don’t know what it is about the Kind singlespeed, but when I take it out on the trail, it turns an ordinary ride into something magical. I rode solo today in the Foothills and [...]
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Posted in Fun Rides, Riding on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Matt had his NMES Double Boundary ride on Saturday, with 21 people showing up at The Bean, 6:30 AM, to ride some epic trail. My ride started at 8:30 AM at The Bean.
Our ride (the Single Boundary), while much shorter than the Double Boundary, was still an epic as well. Our fearless ride leaders were [...]
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Posted in General ramblings on September 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Another cyclist was killed in Albuquerque. His wife was injured as well. All the news reports that this was “just an accident”. An investigation is still being conducted. The latest news indicates that the driver had crested a hill, swerved to miss an on-coming car.
The accident occurred on Route 66, a very popular spot for [...]
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Posted in Fun Rides, Riding on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
You can’t beat Santa Fe for a great day of riding. It’s got to be one of my favorite spots to mountain bike! Matt and I headed up there for a Sunday ride, and it was great, as usual. Both of us had done a hard ride on Saturday, so Sunday was the Matt [...]
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Posted in Riding, Tours and Races on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been on the road a lot…I’m in Pleasanton, CA now. To make travel a little more enticing, I’ve been bringing the Ritchey Breakaway with me on some of the longer trips. For this trip, I headed out on the weekend. I did a great century ride on my own on Sunday. I was searching [...]
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Posted in General ramblings on September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So I took my leisurely sleep Saturday evening, even though it was hard to actually sleep. I think I finally konked out around midnight, which means Matt had been on the trail for 1 hour!
Only 33 have started the race…
BLANKS CABIN - Aid Station 1
I wake up this morning to check the stats. [...]
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Posted in General ramblings on September 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Matt has been invited to race the Vapor Trail 125. This is an invitation only race with a 30 person cap, although it looks like they’re accepting 35 this year. I’m really excited for Matt, and unbelievably proud of the mountain biking and cycling accomplishments he’s made, especially this year. He puts in the hard [...]
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Posted in Fun Rides on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Matt looked up the term “paliza” online. It means, “thrashing, beating, walloping”. Appropriate (for me, at least)!
The two of us got back into our Jemez exploration mode, and decided to ride Paliza Canyon today. It was a wonderful day to be outside. We’d ridden Cerro Pelado a while back, and Matt wanted to do [...]
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Posted in Fun Rides on September 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Paige and I did a road ride today from the house. We biked out to the Morning Star Grocery near Oak Flats on NM 337. I haven’t been on this route in a long time, almost 2 years! I forgot how nice it is to ride out here. The traffic was surprisingly low for the [...]
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